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Improved Delineation of Arteries in the Posterior Fossa of the Brain by Model-Based Iterative Reconstruction in Volume-Rendered 3D CT Angiography
  
    	
H. Machida, H. Takeuchi, I. Tanaka, R. Fukui, Y. Shen, E. Ueno, S. Suzuki and X.-Z. Lin

  
    	
American Journal of Neuroradiology May 2013,  34 (5) 971-975; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A3320 

  
  
  



  


  
  



			

		

	
	
 	
	  
  

		
		

			

			  

  
      
  
  

    
  


  
  



  
      
  
  

    

  

    

  
      
  
  

    
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